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Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been given leave to appeal against his extradition to Sweden, where he faces sex crime allegations. The Supreme Court said it would hear the appeal after Mr Assange raised a question on extradition law “of general public importance”.

The two-day hearing will begin on February 1 next year, and will be heard by a panel of seven of the 12 Supreme Court justices, “given the great public importance of the issue raised, which is whether a prosecutor is a judicial authority”, a Supreme Court spokesman said.

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